Colorado Rockies vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Wednesday, October 7, 1981 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Colorado Rockies 7–4 on Wednesday, October 7, 1981 at Northlands Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Rockies 43–19.
Steve Tambellini scored twice, Brett Callighen scored twice, Jari Kurri scored twice and Garry Unger scored twice. Lanny McDonald, Pat Hughes and Joel Quenneville also scored.
Andy Moog made 15 saves on 19 shots for the win; Phil Myre stopped 34 of 41.
Scoring
1st period
Steve Tambellini (1)Rob Ramage (2), Tapio Levo (1)1–007:56 CLR · 
Brett Callighen (1)Pat Hughes (1), Garry Lariviere (1)1–116:08 EDM
Jari Kurri (1)Kevin Lowe (1)1–217:06 EDM
2nd period
Lanny McDonald (1)Tapio Levo (2), Brent Ashton (1)2–202:20 CLR
Garry Unger (1)Glenn Anderson (1), Pat Hughes (2)2–307:27 EDM- Garry Unger (2)Unassisted2–408:11 EDM
3rd period
- Steve Tambellini (2)Brent Ashton (2), Lanny McDonald (1)3–400:38 CLR ·
- Jari Kurri (2)Wayne Gretzky (1), Brett Callighen (1)3–502:06 EDM
Pat Hughes (1)Risto Siltanen (1), Doug Hicks (1)3–605:22 EDM
Joel Quenneville (1)Steve Tambellini (1), Brent Ashton (3)4–618:42 CLR- Brett Callighen (2)Jari Kurri (1), Doug Hicks (2)4–719:49 EDM
Team stats
CLREDM
1943
0%0%
2/30/2
46
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:37 into the first period
Jari Kurri · holding2 min - 8:52 into the first period
Bob Miller · hooking2 min - 4:52 into the second periodDwight Foster · hooking2 min
- 18:53 into the second periodGlenn Anderson · holding2 min
- 6:20 into the third periodGarry Unger · tripping2 min
Season series
Colorado Rockies
| 14Steve TambelliniC | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 15Brent AshtonL | 0 | 3 | 3 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Lanny McDonaldR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 8Tapio LevoD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Rob RamageD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 22Joel QuennevilleD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 10Dave CameronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 11Jukka PorvariR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 13Veli-Pekka KetolaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 16Merlin MalinowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Bob MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 20Dwight FosterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 23Christer KellgrenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27John WensinkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 6Bill BakerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 30Phil MyreG | L | 41 | 7 | .829 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 16Pat HughesR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 8 | – |
| 18Brett CallighenC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +4 | 4 | – |
| 77Garry UngerC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 5 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 6Garry LariviereD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Walt PoddubnyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ron LowG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Andy MoogG | W | 19 | 4 | .789 |